Accession Number: 1994.14.4
Description: A standard commercial Chinese abacus with 13 columns of two beads above the bar and five beads below. It has a black, open wooden frame and black wooden beads. The wooden rods are unstained. Decorative metal pieces reinforce the corners of the frame and the sides (where the horizontal bar joins the frame).
Height: 5.5
Width: 1.1
Depth: 0.8
Date Made: [n.d.]
Place of Origin: China
Collection: Gissoni Abacus Collection
History/Provenance: Gissoni Abacus Collection
Credit Line: Gift of Fred Gissoni, 1994.14
Subjects: Abacus Mathematical instruments
Made: [unknown]
Material: Wood, metal
Updated: 05/16/2014